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The Meeting Prep Prompt

Walk into any meeting with the decision named, the risk surfaced, and one sharp question ready. Answer a few quick things below and it writes your prompt.

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Answer a few quick things and it writes your prompt. Copy it into ChatGPT, Claude, or Copilot. Nothing is stored.

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The short version: Most meeting prep produces a summary. A summary still leaves you asking "so what do we actually decide?" This prompt returns the decision, the risk nobody has named, what to bring, and one sharp question, so you walk in ready to move the room instead of just recap it.

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The builder above fills this in for you, but here is the raw version to copy into ChatGPT, Claude, or Copilot. It works from a rough thread, an agenda, or a few notes.

I have a meeting coming up. Help me walk in prepared, not just informed.

The meeting:
[what it's about + who's in the room]

What I know so far:
[paste the agenda, thread, or your rough notes]

Return:
1. The one decision this meeting actually needs to make
2. The risk or open question nobody has named yet
3. The two or three things I should bring or have ready
4. One sharp question that would move the room forward
5. A one-line version of where I stand, in case I'm asked first

Filled in, it looks like this

The meeting:
A 30-minute sync with my manager and the design lead about whether we push the launch date.

What I know so far:
[the thread where engineering flagged two bugs and design wants one more review round]

Why this helps: instead of re-reading the thread in the hallway, you walk in with the decision named, the risk surfaced, and a question that makes you the clearest person in the room, without being the loudest.

What stays human

AI can frame the decision and surface the risk. Reading the room, choosing your moment, and owning the call are still yours. Prepared does not mean scripted.